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Main Authors: Hennig, Joshua, Klier, Jens, Duran, Stefan, Hsu, Kuei-Shen, Beyer, Jan, Roeder, Christian, Beyer, Franziska C., Schueler, Nadine, Vieweg, Nico, Dutzi, Katja, von Freymann, Georg, Molter, Daniel
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14945
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author Hennig, Joshua
Klier, Jens
Duran, Stefan
Hsu, Kuei-Shen
Beyer, Jan
Roeder, Christian
Beyer, Franziska C.
Schueler, Nadine
Vieweg, Nico
Dutzi, Katja
von Freymann, Georg
Molter, Daniel
author_facet Hennig, Joshua
Klier, Jens
Duran, Stefan
Hsu, Kuei-Shen
Beyer, Jan
Roeder, Christian
Beyer, Franziska C.
Schueler, Nadine
Vieweg, Nico
Dutzi, Katja
von Freymann, Georg
Molter, Daniel
contents With the growing demand for efficient power electronics, SiC-based devices are progressively becoming more relevant. In contrast to established methods such as the mercury capacitance-voltage technique, terahertz spectroscopy promises a contactless characterization. In this work, we simultaneously determine the charge carrier density of SiC epilayers and their substrates in a single measurement over a wide range of about 8x10^(15)$ cm^(-3) to 4x10^(18) cm^(-3) using time-domain spectroscopy in a reflection geometry. Furthermore, inhomogeneities in the samples are detected by mapping the determined charge carrier densities over the whole wafer. Additional theoretical calculations confirm these results and provide thickness-dependent information on the doping range of 4H-SiC, in which terahertz time-domain spectroscopy is capable of determining the charge carrier density.
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spellingShingle Simultaneous Charge Carrier Density Mapping of SiC Epilayers and Substrates with Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy
Hennig, Joshua
Klier, Jens
Duran, Stefan
Hsu, Kuei-Shen
Beyer, Jan
Roeder, Christian
Beyer, Franziska C.
Schueler, Nadine
Vieweg, Nico
Dutzi, Katja
von Freymann, Georg
Molter, Daniel
Optics
With the growing demand for efficient power electronics, SiC-based devices are progressively becoming more relevant. In contrast to established methods such as the mercury capacitance-voltage technique, terahertz spectroscopy promises a contactless characterization. In this work, we simultaneously determine the charge carrier density of SiC epilayers and their substrates in a single measurement over a wide range of about 8x10^(15)$ cm^(-3) to 4x10^(18) cm^(-3) using time-domain spectroscopy in a reflection geometry. Furthermore, inhomogeneities in the samples are detected by mapping the determined charge carrier densities over the whole wafer. Additional theoretical calculations confirm these results and provide thickness-dependent information on the doping range of 4H-SiC, in which terahertz time-domain spectroscopy is capable of determining the charge carrier density.
title Simultaneous Charge Carrier Density Mapping of SiC Epilayers and Substrates with Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14945